Education through project based learning. 2016 NZ PM's Science Teacher. 2019 Fulbright DAI Teacher. Tweets = personal opinions

Joined June 2013
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
Have fun @ Wellington’s free Earth Fest, 9am-3pm, Noema 11; exhibits, demos & panels 4 free field trips on Sun 12: earthfest.nz/ @NZScienceLearn @Welly_ED @DanHikuroa @dwenmoth @fabtknz @ChristensonDi @NStevenson @timharfordnz @GervenRose @missiothompson @heymrshay
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
16 Oct 2023
Hear Siouxsie Wiles on antimicrobial resistance in an SLH webinar, with free digital articles, videos & images for prim/sec teachers. 4-4:45pm, Thurs Oketopa 26: sciencelearn.org.nz/events/2… @NZScienceLearn @Welly_ED @OliverSB022 @HABark1 @ChristensonDi @ibpossum @DesWaters
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
30 Jul 2023
Students & schools can organise an event taking action for te taiao in Conservation Week, Ākuhata 14-20, or see local events: doc.govt.nz/news/events/cons… @NZScienceLearn @HelenOfTroy01 @karyngraynz @HelenHaine @NzMcKenzie @WhiteStarPrime @ChristensonDi @jackbillie35 @moriarty_ok
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What an awesome result and reward for all the hard work these teens would have put in.
13 Jul 2023
Congrats to 2023 Biology Olympiad silver (Jacob Miller (Mt Albert Gram) & Allan Han (Macleans Coll) & bronze medallists Jifei Shao (St Cuthbert's Coll) & Ashleigh Bernacchi (Pinehurst Schl), won in fierce competition w 78 countries! @NZScienceLearn @virtuallykaren @ChristensonDi
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13 Jul 2023
Mānawatia a Matariki! See wānanga by Rangi Mātāmua on aspects of Matariki in Te Reo Māori: bit.ly/444oSeB & English: bit.ly/3P9PYwz From LEARNZ @naomi_toland @HelenHaine @dbeehre @ibpossum @ChristensonDi @MrScienceNZ @NStevenson @heymrshay @jkellow @melulater
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Well done to these biology students
13 Jul 2023
Congrats to 2023 Biology Olympiad silver (Jacob Miller (Mt Albert Gram) & Allan Han (Macleans Coll) & bronze medallists Jifei Shao (St Cuthbert's Coll) & Ashleigh Bernacchi (Pinehurst Schl), won in fierce competition w 78 countries! @NZScienceLearn @virtuallykaren @ChristensonDi
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What a great week last week checking in with the local invertebrates at our beach and setting out tracking tunnels for a predator program @NZScienceLearn @cbrieseman @Te_Papa
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
The science of feijoas is a new members-only resource this month: nzase.org.nz/resources/?reso… @OliverSB022 @DesWaters @AndreaTritton @FionaMo78001925 @learnersteph @rogerpounamu @nickmajor81 @HortNZ @soanes_andrea
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
PM Science Communicator A/Prof Dianne Sika-Paotonu @dsikapaotonu gives shout out to @smcnz & @royalsocietynz in her acceptance speech and is commended by Dr Ashley for her listening skills as a crucial part of what it means to be a great communicator #NZPMSciPrizes #scicomm
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Huge congratulations to Douglas Walker from St Patricks College Kilbirnie as he picked up the award for Prime Minister’s Science Teacher 2022. Doug does so much for science teaching across all levels from primary to Year 13.
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
30 Apr 2023
NZASE's Trm 2 PLD clusters are being confirmed in 14 areas, starting Mei 10. If you haven't heard directly, see: nzase.org.nz/nzase-network-e… @amox1711 @OliverSB022 @karyngraynz @HABark1 @Shelley_D17 @MrScienceNZ @ChristensonDi @teachertimmuir @beatsnz @caroline_13NZ @AndreaTritton
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
26 Apr 2023
Talk with 20 sci/ed gps @ Capital City Science Educators mini-expo, Mei 10; updates: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… @NZScienceLearn @Welly_ED @karyngraynz @NStevenson @ChristensonDi @fabtknz @Edk8R @virtuallykaren @GervenRose @heymrshay
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Who knew that having a black light in the bush could be so fun @teacherdeaks @cbrieseman
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Exploring ice with year 5&6 students. What great questions they came up with and then explored to gather evidence to answer their questions. @teacherdeaks @cbrieseman @BrigitteScience
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What a great chance to have kids work as scientists and make a difference
13 Mar 2023
The Hauraki Gulf Monitoring Project seeks new schools & teacher gps, Whangaparāoa to Maraetai, to assess the gulf's health & identify marine pests: mm2.net.nz/get-involved/haur… @NzMcKenzie @NZScienceLearn @EmmaKingston25 @stemwithm @krivett1 @AndreaTritton @Ms_Beaker @curious_lucinda
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What a wonderful learning experience today with my class participating in our local katipō spider survey. Such rich local curriculum experiences @NZScienceLearn @BrigitteScience @On2Science @cbrieseman @teacherdeaks
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
Nominate someone who's made a major contribution to science education for the Peter Spratt Medal: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… by Mar 20. @NZScienceLearn @Welly_ED @amox1711 @OliverSB022 @WhiteStarPrime @cbrieseman @ChristensonDi @DesWaters @Aratiatia1 @Doctor_Harves @LifeOfChemistry
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
Seaweek starts nōnāianei to Rātapu/Sun 12, with 50 events around the motu & online - snorkelling, beach clean-ups & explorations, teaching resources. See SLH resources too: sciencelearn.org.nz/resource… @Welly_ED @JacquelineBeggs @ChristensonDi @Kar3nlj @crystalturners @nickmajor81
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This wee beauty was brought in by a student. Can anyone identify? Haven’t seen one with such a leaf shaped abdomen
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Dianne Christenson retweeted
Chemist, actor & athlete Dr Joel Rindelaub, is one of SciCon's exciting keynotes from April 13-16; expect the unexpected! Earlybird discount to Mar 14: scicon.org.nz/registrations @NZScienceLearn @Welly_ED @melulater @Doctor_Harves @mattynicoll @Edk8R @nickmajor81 @ChristensonDi
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